A D Briar F Save

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description 【Switch】
C		A/D Briar F Save	300	A/D Far Save 3	If foe with Range = 2 initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. If foe's Range = 2, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 5 during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and unit's next attack deals damage = 40% of foe's attack damage prior to reductions (resets at end of combat; only highest value applied; does not stack).	If foe with Range = 2 initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. If foe's Range = 2, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 5 during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and unit's next attack deals damage = 40% of foe's attack damage prior to reductions (resets at end of combat; only highest value applied; does not stack). 【Savior】 Unit takes ally's space, enters combat in ally's place, and receives all after-combat effects. Savior will not trigger if ally is on terrain that unit cannot move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects do not occur.
Cannot use:

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Map effects
【Savior】	Unit	Enemy Phase & Range = 2  Foe attacks an  Ally within 2 spaces
Combat effects
Atk/Def+4	Unit	Foe's Range = 2
Reduces damage by 5 from  Foe's first attack (including second attacks)
Boosts damage by X% X = 40% of  Foe's attack damage prior to reductions

Notes

• "If foe initiates combat" means if a foe triggers combat during the enemy phase. The unit being initiated upon does not need to deal damage, nor be able to counterattack.
  • However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit being initiated upon must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
• 【Savior】 is triggered after Area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials).
• 【Savior】 will not trigger if the user has multiple 【Savior】 effects or if multiple units with a 【Savior】 effect can protect the same ally.
• 【Savior】 will not protect the user's allies who are inflicted with  Undefended or are in combat against a foe with skills such as  Enclosing Claw.
• Effects such as  Time's Grip and  Feud will not disable 【Savior】.
• If 【Savior】 is triggered:
  • The user is considered as adjacent to the protected ally, which means skills that have the "If unit is adjacent to an ally" condition trigger, while skills that have the "If unit is not adjacent to an ally" condition do not trigger.
  • The user will not be able to trigger effects with a condition that "excludes when 【Savior】 triggers" such as  Might of Myriads,  Spd Preempt 3, or  Paranoia.
  • Only during combat skills that are active on the protected ally will be accounted on the user.
  • "After combat" movement is disabled, even if the user or foe is defeated, such as with the movement from  Repel 4,  Harrowing Call, or Movement Passives.
  • The protected ally is unaffected by "after combat" effects, such as from  Pain+ and  Fatal Smoke 4.
• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by A/D Briar F Save is considered a temporary buff.

• The flat damage-reduction effect is a flat -5 damage that is calculated after offensive Specials, damage boosting effects such as  Arcane Lúin and  Dominance, and "reduces damage by X%" effects such as  Gust and  Dodge.
  • If a skill such as  Miracle or  Everliving Domain can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
  • Umbra Burst weapons will always deal a minimum of 1 damage even if the foe is equipped with  Invincible Sister,  Vengeful God, Invincibility Seals, or damage reduction effects.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects stack additively, similar to damage boosting effects and interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects cannot be neutralized or reduced only during combat by effects such as  Share Spoils+ or  Halves non-Special damage reduction.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

• The damage boosting effect of A/D Briar F Save ignores the foe's Def or Res when calculating the damage boost, and can be reduced by damage-reduction effects such as  Gust,  Atk/Spd Excel, and  Dodge.
  • The damage boosting effect of A/D Briar F Save is calculated based on the foe's attack damage before being reduced by the unit's damage-reduction effects.
  • A/D Briar F Save does not stack with other damage boosting effects. If the unit's total damage boost from other damage boosting effects is higher, the damage boosting effect of A/D Briar F Save will not trigger.
  • Effects that prevent the foe from counterattacking such as  Dazzling Shift,  Counterattacks disrupted, or  Firesweep S+ equipped on the foe will not trigger the damage boosting effect of A/D Briar F Save, unless the foe can neutralize those effects with effects such as  Null C-Disrupt 4 or  Fell Spirit.
  • A foe equipped with Invincibility Seals will neutralize all sources of damage except from Røkkr area-of-effect Specials and the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons.
  • A foe equipped with  Invincible Sister will neutralize all sources of damage during combat except for the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons only once per Phase after it triggers.
  • A foe equipped with  Vengeful God will neutralize all sources of damage during combat except for the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons only once per Phase after  Miracle triggers if that foe's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Black Knight: Mortal Legend	A/D Far Save 1 5	A/D Far Save 2 5	A/D Far Save 3 5	A/D Briar F Save 5
Fomortiis: Dark of Night	A/D Far Save 1 5	A/D Far Save 2 5	A/D Far Save 3 5	A/D Briar F Save 5

Availability

Summoning events

Start	End	Event	Skill
2024-12-13	2025-01-13	Yearning to Give	A/D Briar F Save
2025-05-22	2025-06-05	Focus: Double Special Heroes	A/D Briar F Save
2025-05-30	2025-06-13	Legendary Heroes - Black Knight	A/D Briar F Save
2025-06-12	2025-06-26	A Hero Rises: Next Six	A/D Briar F Save
2025-09-30	2025-10-17	Emblem Corrin & Mythic Lyn	A/D Briar F Save
2025-12-25	2026-01-01	Winter Festival: ω Special Heroes	A/D Briar F Save

Distributed units

• This skill is not available on any distributed units.

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2025-03-06T05:00:00Z		Fomortiis: Dark of Night	Divine Code: Part 6

In other languages

Language	Name
English (US)	A/D Briar F Save
Japanese	鎧の護り手・遠・茨
German	A/V Dornschutz F.
Spanish (Europe)	Ay. lej. zarza A/D
Spanish (Latin America)	Ay. lej. zarza A/D
French	S. dist. ronce A/D
Italian	Aiuto D rovo A/D
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	鎧之守護人・遠・棘
Portuguese	Aju. lon. esp. A/D

See also

• Arch-Sage Tome
• Darkling Dragon
• For the True King
• Quieting Branch
• Refined Magic
• With Everyone!
• Woeful Upheaval

• Save Passives